Shirt



July 22, 1930. w. RuBlNsrElN I 1,771,101

SHIRT Patented July 22, 1930 WILTON BUBINSTEIN, F ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI SHIRT Application filed April 6,

This invention relates -to vshirts and has special reference to the construction and arrangement of the shirt collar whereby the necessity of using a button or like fastener for holding the collar together is eliminated.

An object vot the invention is to provide a shirt having an adjustable collar band, the adj ustability of which is obtained by dispensing with the use of the collar button or the a like and providing a connection for the ends of the collar band of novel construction and arrangement whereby the size of the collar may be changed by the wearer to obtain maximum ease and comfort.

Another object of the invention is'to provide an improved device for holding the ends of the collar in proper, adjusted relationship and comprising a tab insertableina specially designed and constructed'ipoclretnear one end gg of the collar band and adapted ,for engagement in a pocket in the opposite end of the collar band in such a relationship that it cannot falliorwork out of position whenthe collar is worn, but which may be easilydetached by the wearer.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tab of the character and for the purpose mentioned constructed and shaped and formed so as to constitute a support for the 3@ front of thecollar to hold the collar` in proper shape and prevent ythe collar from sagging.; and which permits adjustment of the size of the collar so that the wearer can obtain maximum comfort and ease. In this improved device thel tie holds the collar band from expanding beyond the size desired and as the tie is tightened the-collar band slides or slips along the tab which operates in the specially constructed pockets in the collar Y. Le band.

Various other objects and advantages of my improved shirt collar will appearrfrom the following description, ,reference being made to the accompanying drawing in which- Fig. l is a front view of a collar with one of the corners turned upwardly showing my improved holding and connecting device in connection with the collar.

5o Fig. 2 is a view showing the omoosite end 1929. Serial No. 353,110;

, the band are arranged to overlap in thefamilfiarmanner, but are devoid of buttons an'd'butv ton holes. Button and button? holes'lare` unnecessary because my improved tab holclsthe ends ofthe collar together and permits lfree and easy adjustment of the collar afs to size. @ne end of thefcollar bandis provided'with a speciallyl designed vand formed poclretiobtained by stitches 5 defining thewidth= and length of the pocket and the'outerply 4fha-s avslit 6 near the end of the collarbandandawider-slit 7 near the inner endf otthe1po'clret.` The-stitches 5, asshown, form the-upper and lower sidesandthe inner end-of :the pocletjA so that both sides and the innerend of :thev pocket are closed. y

The opposite end of the collar has vtherein aspecially designed pocket yformedibywa line ofstitches Siand said pocket has'aslit Q'near the end of the band through .thewinner ply 3;

These pocketsA are preferably curved so' as to confornrapproximately'to the shape-@fthe tab. The preferred form oi: tab is clearly shown inFig. 4 and is preferably made'froml` a material such as viscoloid which-is-t-rafnsparent. The tab comprises an; elongated curved member having atone end a lwide portion 10 `and at the=opposite endlI amarrow portion l1, ythe union of the narrow'lportion- 11 with the -widewportion 1'0 bei-ngideflnedby abrupt shoulders 12on-the upper and lower edges of thetab.v

In use the-tab fis insertedinto the gpoeketl through the slit 7, the `narrow -end 1110i .the tab being extended through the slit 'llhe side part l()V of t-he tab is too fvw'ide* to pass" throughthefslitand the shoulders 12%engage against the endy of; the pocket y5 rat the lupper and lower `ends of 'the slit 6 Vand 4prevent the tab i irony-.vslrifpkpjin,g` out.; 'IlliaA Oppositen endportion of the tab preferably crosses and eX- tends beyond the slit 7 so that it will not work out, although this latter arrangement is not essential because the tie will prevent the tab from working out through the slit 7 'Ihe projecting end 11 of the tab is inserted through the slit 9 into the pocket 8. This tab is quite lieXible and yet is of sufficient stiffness to support the front of the collar in proper and neat form and prevent it from sagging. It permits the collar so to be adjusted as te size and the collar will be prevented by the tie from expanding beyond the desired size.

This tab is easily insel-table and withdrawable and should be removed before the shirt is laundered.

From the foregoing it is apparent that the invention obtains all of its intended objects and purposes in a highly useful, ellicient and satisfactory manner. t is further apparent that the invention may be varied within equivalent limits without depart-ure from the nature and principle thereof. I do not restrict myself unessentially in any respects, but what I claim and desire to secure by Let ters Patent is l. In a shirt, a collar band having pockets in its opposite ends provided with slits opening respectively to the outer side and to the inner side of the collar band, in combination with a tab insertable in one of said pockets in a relationship in which the end of said tab projects a sucient distance for insertion in the pocket in the opposite end of the band, and means preventing said tab from being withdrawn in the direction in which it projects from the pocket in which it is placed.

2. A shirt comprising a multi-ply collar band, means forming a pocket between the plies thereof in one end of said band, said pocket having spaced slits opening therein, a tab insertable in and withdrawable from said pocket and arranged to have one end projecting beyond the end of the collar, and means forming a pocket between the plies of the opposite end of the band with a slit for receiving the projecting end of said tab.

3. A shirt comprising a multi-ply collar band, means forming a pocket between the plies of one end of said band, said pocket having spaced slits opening therein, a tab insertable in and withdrawable from said pocket and arranged to have one end projecting beyond the end of the collar, means forming a pocket between the plies of the opposite end of the band with a slit for receiving the projecting end of said tab, and means preventing outward witlidrawal of said tab from the pocket in which said tab vis mounted and permitting sliding adjustment of the ends of the collar band.

4. A4 shirt comprising a collar band having curved upper and lower edges, a pocket formed in one end of said band and having an opening at its end adjacent to the end of said band, a tab mounted in said pocket and having its upper and lower edges curving approximately with the curvature of the upper and lower edges of the band, and means forming a pocket in the opposite end of the collar band for receiving the end of said tab.

5. A shirt comprising a collar band having curved upper and lower edges, a pocket formed in one end of said band and having an opening at its end adjacent to the end of said band, a tab mounted in said pocket and having its upper and lower edges curving approximately with the curvature of the upper and lower edges of the band, means forining a pocket in the opposite end of the collar band for receiving the end of said tab, and

means limiting extent of longitudinal moveinente l? said tab in both directions.

G. A shirt comprising a multi-ply collar bruid7 means forming a pocket between the plies ef one end of said band with an opening from said pocket to the outer side of the band, a tab insertable in and withdrawable opening to the inner side of the band forl receiving said projecting end of said tab.

7. A shirt comprising a multi-ply collar band, means forming a pocket between the plies of one end of said band with an opening through the front ply to the outer side of the collar band at a distance from the end of said band, a resilient tab insertable in and withdrawable from said pocket and arranged to have one end projecting beyond the end of the collar band, and means forming a pocket between the plies of the opposite end of the collar band with a slit through the inner ply at a distance from the end of the collar band for receiving the projecting end of said tab.

8. A shirt comprising a iniilti-ply collar band, means forming a pocket between the plies of one end of said band with an opening through the front ply at a distance from the end of said band, a tab mounted in said pocket and having its upper and lower edges curving downwardly intermediate of their ends and having one end projecting beyond the end of the collar band, and means forming a pocket between the plies of the opposite end of the band with a slit through the inner ply for receiving said projecting end of said tab.

WILTON RUBINSTEIN.

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